2) He played ice hockey – a nationally-televised game. Putin scored a goal, assisted on another, and fell down once while carrying the puck. (Extra credit answer: It was Italy’s Silvio Berlusconi.)

3) Al-Asiri is a Yemeni bombmaker and key figure in the Yemen-based Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). He’s credited with designing the so-called “underwear bomb” and then the upgraded device built for the plot that was discovered by an agent last week.

4) Norway is best; Niger worst.

5) It’s the number worn by Mandela during his nearly three-decade-long imprisonment in South Africa.